“I’m still a big fan of Loretta Weinberg. She’s tremendous and great. But you have to understand, Randal was a co-chairman of my transition, he’s been a friend of mine for years, and I just know the greatness of him – he’s an extraordinary young man,” said Booker.

Booker recently tweeted, however, that he thinks Corzine will pick Pinkett, although he stressed he had no inside information.

“It’s just a gut instinct,” he said. “I really, really pray that the Governor gives a long look at Loretta, but I think the reality is that Randal has a lot of things to attract the governor to him.”